[PATCH v2] iio/adjd_s311: Fix potential memory leak in adjd_s311_update_scan_mode()

From: Alexey Khoroshilov
Date: Wed Aug 08 2012 - 06:00:00 EST


Do not leak memory by updating pointer with potentially NULL realloc return value.
There is no need to preserve data in the buffer,
so replace krealloc() by kfree()-kmalloc() pair.

Found by Linux Driver Verification project (linuxtesting.org).

Signed-off-by: Alexey Khoroshilov <khoroshilov@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/iio/light/adjd_s311.c | 7 ++++---
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/iio/light/adjd_s311.c b/drivers/iio/light/adjd_s311.c
index 1cbb449..9a99f43 100644
--- a/drivers/iio/light/adjd_s311.c
+++ b/drivers/iio/light/adjd_s311.c
@@ -271,9 +271,10 @@ static int adjd_s311_update_scan_mode(struct iio_dev *indio_dev,
const unsigned long *scan_mask)
{
struct adjd_s311_data *data = iio_priv(indio_dev);
- data->buffer = krealloc(data->buffer, indio_dev->scan_bytes,
- GFP_KERNEL);
- if (!data->buffer)
+
+ kfree(data->buffer);
+ data->buffer = kmalloc(indio_dev->scan_bytes, GFP_KERNEL);
+ if (data->buffer == NULL)
return -ENOMEM;

return 0;
--
1.7.9.5

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